Stop- particles stop completely as soon as they enter the event. The operator has check boxes for Position and Rotation.Stop Gradually- allows you to stop particles gradually. You can set the time at which particles should begin slowing down, as well as the time at which they should come to a complete halt.Camera IMBlur- this operator is used when rendering a particle system with motion blur as viewed from an animated camera. It corrects a problem in which Image Motion Blur doesn’t take camera motion into account when rendering a particle system.Camera Culling Operator- can reduce the geometry load in the viewports and/or at render time by filtering out all particles not visible to the camera.Copy Out Test- a simplified version of the Spawn test that you can use to reduce overhead in the particle system when you simply want to duplicated particles without using other Spawn settings.Display Script Operator- a diagnostic tool that lets you display viewport data associated with each particle.Simple Mix- a videopost filter.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypePeter Watje Hair v0.93100 KB ParticlesCompiled / Description16.04.2008

Hair is a particle system used to simulate hair. It was mainly aimed at doing long head hair but can also be used for short body hair. Since it is a particle system most particles space warps will work with it.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypePeter Watje Particle+ v2.02185 KB ParticlesCompiled / Description16.04.2008

This is an update to the basic Max Particle System. It adds a few more particle types, a few more emitter shapes, a particle position dump, and stream velocity and motion.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeSisyphus Software MaxTrax v2.1295 KB Object / ParticlesCompiled / Description12.04.2008

MaxTrax is a mixture of procedural object and particle system for creating tyre tracks, skid marks, or anything else you need to create trails for. It consists of two types of object: MTrack uses particles to create the trails and can be influenced by particle spacewarps, and GTrack, which creates the trails using geometry and can be collapsed to a mesh.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeSisyphus Software Special Purpose Particles v1.2780 KB Particles / SpacewarpCompiled / Description12.04.2008

SPP consists of two particle systems (Halo and Phasor) and one spacewarp (Vertex Lock). Halo creates a system of particles which rotate in a generally circular path about an axis, Phasor creates a system of particles which flow from one end of the icon to the other in a wavelike path, and Vortex Lock is a particle motion controller which ‘grabs’ particles, spins them into a whirling vortex, then locks them into a stable rotation path.Render EffectAuthor / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeChaos Group SimCloth3 v1.84512 KB ModifierCompiled / Description26.07.2008

SimCloth is a simple cloth plugin for Max capable of simulating different kinds of fabrics, as well as rigid bodies. SimCloth supports full collision and self-collision detection and response.

This is a rewrite of Grants old Translucency fake script as a plugin - so many many times faster. It works on vertex colours, you can either paint them or use the assign vertex colours utility.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeGrant Adam ColorPolyByVerts v1.1c328 KB ModifierCompiled / Description24.04.2008

This tool colours polygons by 3, 4 or 5+ verts/edges. This makes it easy to see triangles, quads, and 5+ sided polygons for cleaning up models. It also has a numeric feedback as tiny triangles may be missed at first glance.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeGrant Adam Map to Vertex Color v1.044.5 KB ModifierCompiled / Description24.04.2008

This is a modifier that converts a map to vertex colours (or modifies any channel). It also has options to assign a vertex selection by the maps values.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeGrant Adam Blur Vertex Color v1.035.5 KB ModifierCompiled / Description24.04.2008

A modifier that blurs the vertex colours (or any mapping channel). This is conceptually much like the blur routine in the Vertex Paint modifier, but as a modifier.

The Max 2009 version can convert a stack vertex selection to vertex colours (allowing it to be used as a mask in a material etc.).Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeGrant Adam Spline Mesher v1.034.5 KB ModifierCompiled / Description24.04.2008

This is like a renderable spline but with the option to use a curve to define shape. It has a bunch of other options like mapping style, grow options, and a secondary spline shape which can be blended to at a certain point on the spline with a soft-width setting.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeGrant Adam Propagate Soft Selection v1.028.5 KB ModifierCompiled / Description24.04.2008

A modifier that sets an entire objects soft selection value to the maximum found on the object - ie. if one vertex is 0.5 selected, the entire object will be set to 0.5. Useful for controlling selection over an entire object by a soft volume select.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeHABWare Carrera v9.046.7 KB ModifierCompiled / Description12.04.2008

A modifier that handles self-intersecting splines by breaking them up, or by lifting one segment over the other.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeHABWare HSpline v9.141.5 KB ModifierCompiled / Description13.04.2008

A modifier for meshes which generates a stick for each visible edge, and a ball for each vertex.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeAndrey Kozlov MadCar v1.0154 KB ObjectCompiled / Description05.08.2008

EASYnat is a plant growth simulator capable of reproducing at a botanically coherent level, growth and seasonal changes among more than 500 plants from 5 continents.

EASYnat enables architects to rapidly visualize and with realism the evolution of a landscaping project. It also cuts production costs and guarantees an investment return, thus providing the architect with a powerful tool able to efficiently respond to the competition.

Created from AMAP technology that was developed by the CIRAD, EASYnat uses both computer science and botany to achieve its end. Plants are calculated from a virtual seed containing an expression of their genetic information. EASYnat can therefore rapidly and instantaneously model botanically coherent plants that are photo-realistic.

This fully functional free version comes with 4 plants (chestnut tree, aleppo pine, flower and oleander). Purchasing just one seed will give you access to the full version of EASYnat 2.5 including updates.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeCuneyt Ozdas Counter Text v4.1.26.11587 KB ObjectCompiled / Description09.05.2008

An advanced version of the standard Max text shape primitive. It has the ability to include dynamic numbers that changes over time, within the text body.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeDavid Baker mr Geometry Shader Object v1.035.4 KB ObjectCompiled / Description17.04.2008

Based on Thomas Luft’s Ivy Generator, this plugin lets you grow ivy on any model scene. The growth of the ivy can be animated, and it has a load of settings to help you try and keep your ivy under control.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeHABWare DEM to MAX v9.082.9 KB ObjectCompiled / Description15.04.2008

Used to import Digital Elevation Maps into Max. It supports USGS DEM, VistaPro DEM and GTOPO30 files. It creates an elevation object which allows you to define the detailing. You can also set materials depending on the elevation.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeHABWare Moebius v9.0120 KB ObjectCompiled / Description13.04.2008

A system plugin, where you can define trailers following an engine at any given distance. It can also handle push and pull sequences.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeHABWare XIdMary v9.087.5 KB ObjectCompiled / Description13.04.2008

Forest is a plugin designed to give a complete solution for creation of vast surfaces of trees and plants. There are other plugins that allow you to create beautiful trees (with thousands of faces), but only ‘Forest’ enables you to create a complete forest with thousands of trees using only a fraction of the resources.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeJ. Antonio Amblés LightMesh v0.973.1 KB ObjectCompiled / Description12.04.2008

With this plugin you can turn any object into a light source. This is done by putting a light on every vertex of a mesh. These lights can be omni or free direct and their color will be defined by: 1) the color of the bitmap texture on every vertex; 2) the diffuse color of the material assigned to the object; 3) the color of the object.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeJohn Burnett ForceViewer v4.05.200866.1 KB ObjectCompiled / Description12.04.2008

This is a helper object that lets you directly visualize the effects of spacewarps in a scene.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeJohn Burnett NullHelper v4.05.200884.5 KB ObjectCompiled / Description12.04.2008

This viewer tool allows sharing of models created using nPower Softwares Power NURBS / Solids / Power Translators / Power RhinoToMax / Power UGSToMax, Power SolidWorksToMax, and Power CatiaToMax plugins. The viewer plugin is especially useful for people who want to render with render farms. If you have render farms, and you need to render ‘Power’ models, you should install this free plugin on the render farm machines.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypePeter Watje BlobMesh v1.0a75.2 KB ObjectCompiled / Description16.04.2008

This is an enhancement to the shipping BlobMesh compound object. It adds 2 new options: analytic normals and the option to use a 3D texture as an iso surface. These are only available when ‘Large Data Set Optimization’ is on.

I’ve made a few changes so that both versions of BlobMesh (the original and this one) can be loaded at the same time. This one appears in Max as BlobMesh2.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypePeter Watje Particle Spline Object v1.01b35 KB ObjectCompiled / Description14.04.2008

A spline object that uses a particle system as a reference. Basically it draws a spline between all the particles based on their age.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeSisyphus Software Grass-O-Matic v1.2451 KB ObjectCompiled / Description12.04.2008

Grass-O-Matic is a procedural object which generates animated grass or hair. It allows you to individually configure and animate all the major characteristics of its grass geometry, and it also includes a built-in, gust-based wind system.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeSisyphus Software MaxTrax v2.1295 KB Object / ParticlesCompiled / Description12.04.2008

MaxTrax is a mixture of procedural object and particle system for creating tyre tracks, skid marks, or anything else you need to create trails for. It consists of two types of object: MTrack uses particles to create the trails and can be influenced by particle spacewarps, and GTrack, which creates the trails using geometry and can be collapsed to a mesh.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeSisyphus Software Proteus v1.1248 KB ObjectCompiled / Description12.04.2008

Proteus is a powerful metaball package which includes a full complement of metaprimitives, the Proteus MetaSurface, and a modifier form of Proteus which can turn normal objects into metasurfaces. Proteus offers built-in scaling controls, negative tension capabilities, and color-coded wireframes according to tension.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeTom Hudson Displays v0.1 beta451 KB ObjectCompiled / Description12.05.2008

This plugin is used to create animated digital displays such as LEDs, LCDs and old-style Burroughs ‘Nixie’ formed-wire vacuum displays. The supplied library maintenance utility allows users to define new custom displays as needed for various projects and store them in a common library.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeVladislav Gavrilov Spiral v1.0225 KB ObjectCompiled / Description16.04.2008

Spiral is a new parametric shape object similar to the standard Helix object. However, in contrast to Helix, it is based on the Gold (Archimedes’ Spiral) or Logarithm (distance between turns is not equal) algorithm and the user can control the number of vertices.Author / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeVladislav Gavrilov Snake v1.0288 KB ObjectCompiled / Description16.04.2008

An easy way of creating low-poly trees in your scene. You can paint the trees where you want them, and you can also use any other mesh object in place of the tree. It also supports scattering the trees as instances, and more…Render EffectAuthor / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeGrant Adam FrameInfo v1.13402 KB Render EffectCompiled / Description24.04.2008

FrameInfo is a render effect primarily written as a preview aid which after your frame is rendered writes data to the image. You can use it to add user-defined data such as a timestamp or render time, or to render the safe frame or aspect indicators onto your image.…TopAuthor / WWW Name / Download Plugin TypeGrant Adam Extended Multipass Motion Blur v1.026.5 KB Render EffectCompiled / Description24.04.2008

This is a modified multipass motion blur. It has the same settings as the built in one, with some extra options for the blending mode.

Allows you to modify color and alpha-channel of your scene depending on depth (Z- buffer). It can be used to imitate the standard fog/mist (it works considerably faster than the usual effect), and can also be applied to specific objects.